New York Times Crossword
Jesse Goldberg is a software engineer in San Francisco. This is his third crossword for The Times. His most recent one, in July 2021, involved quips from Julia Child. Jesse loves word puzzles. His daily routine includes solving Wordle (followed by checkin
ACROSS
1 Condiment at a pho
shop
9 Got too scared, with
‘‘out’’
15 Shelve
20 Big picture
21 Author/journalist
Welteroth
22 ‘‘The ____ Holmes Mysteries’’ (youngadult detective series)
23 Nationwide
competitor
24 Places where some
belts are tightened?
26 Longtime surname on
late-night TV
27 Rooibos by another
name
28 Simpson imp
29 Stephen Crane’s ‘‘The Red Badge of Courage,’’ e.g.?
32 Gave the scoop
35 Its presence on Mars
offers a clue to life
38 Growler’s contents
39 Actress Lena
40 Can
41 Medical gloves and
N95 masks, for short
42 Pen
44 Andy Dufresne in ‘‘The Shawshank Redemption,’’ e.g.
48 Pear-shaped
instrument
49 Buy a lot of, with ‘‘on’’ 51 Lawyer with absurdly
exaggerated humor?
54 Where Camus’s ‘‘The
Plague’’ is set
56 Circuit-board
components
57 Count, e.g.
58 Sleep phase?
60 Coconut-covered
cookie
63 It might get the weed
out
64 Flagship vehicle line
for Mercedes-Benz
65 Encourage
67 Dallas-to-Austin dir.
70 Test, as a new
mattress
71 Harvesting machine
that needs cleaning?
73 Didn’t just sit there
76 Vouch for, with ‘‘to’’
79 Mythical weaver
80 Doctor’s description of the birth of triplet sons?
84 ‘‘Well, maybe’’
85 Connect, as two
devices Rhetoric
Relax
No longer active:
Abbr.
Golf ball’s path City north of Des
Moines
Slangy turndown Cinco + uno They might get all
over the floor Battle between Tinker Bell and Princess Ozma?
Cream 86 87 89
90 91
92 93 94
96 102
S. 103 ‘‘Ready?’’
104 Some Guinness
records
108 Census-taking of a
Midwest capital?
111 Begin
113 Bel ____ (Italian
cheese)
114 Charm
115 Become aware of
. . . or a homophonic description of four letter shifts in this puzzle’s grid
116 Partners of hinds
117 Reaches
118 Comes clean
DOWN
1 Proceeded down a lane,
maybe
2 Tick off
3 Without much thought
4 Excise surgically
5 Household robot from
Amazon
6 Abyss
7 Like some towels and
topics
8 Put away
9 Big name in grills
10 ____ la Cité, home of
Notre-Dame
11 Smallest country in
the E.U., by area
12 Stacked
13 Musical artist known as the Queen of New Age
14 Interior secretary
Haaland
15 Hold in custody
16 ____ nous
17 Server error 18 19
The Liberty Tree, e.g. Some free housing
recipients, for short Longtime surname on
late-night TV Fwy. or expy.
Clutch, e.g. Name hidden in
‘‘global economy’’ Couleur de l’océan Rhapsodize over
Caterpillar alternative Disruption for a
poolside sunbather God associated with
the moon American ____ Marsupial that goes into shock when frightened Kind of parking Each
Arab leaders ‘‘I spilled ____ remover on my dog. Now he’s gone’’: Steven Wright Dancer Charisse of
‘‘Singin’ in the Rain’’
47 Wizard 48 Sci-fi daughter of 65 ‘‘r u 4 real?’’ Padmé
66 Serving with a meze
50 D as in D.C.? Abbr. platter 52 Some prosecutors, for 67 It’s a ball short
68 Japanese honorific
53 Primeval
69 Pries (from)
55 First name in folk
70 Icky look
59 Some wide-brimmed hats 71 Boots, helmets, rope,
etc.
61 Killer of the Night
King on ‘‘Game of 72 Prefix with puncture Thrones’’ 73 For face value
62 ____ Day, early 74 One-named collaborator with entertainer from Prince Spain
25
27 30 31
32 33 34 35
36
37 39
42 43 44 45 46 75 Hand-held device
used by Mr. Spock
77 Lunar New Year
78 General name for a
dish?
81 Shade of red
82 Ticks off
83 Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
88 Fish in a poke bowl
91 Unfairly takes advantage of, as a policy 92 WaPo alternative 105 Soaks (up)
93 Square figure? 106 Co-author of 2016’s
95 Like a tasty cake ‘‘The Book of Joy,’’
96 Ice-cream treat along with the Dalai
97 They might hold on to Lama their caps, for short
107 Break . . . or brake
98 ‘‘Failure ____ an
option’’ 108 Inits. on the road
99 Back in style 109 Inits. on the road 100 You can see right 110 Darkroom item, in through it
brief
101 Beginning of a toast
103 What concealer 111
Personal-ad abbr. might conceal 112 No-win situation